Mum's charity cha-cha raises £11k for hospital heroes

A MUM who gave birth to her son at just 24 weeks and one day pregnant, has raised over £11,300 to support the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Birmingham Women's Hospital, where he was nursed for the first nine weeks of his life.

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Mum of two, Sarah Greenow, from Glasbury in Wales, has nothing but gratitude for the team that gave her now four-year-old son, Monty, a chance at life after he was born prematurely, so she organised her own charity Strictly Come Dancing event.

In July 2021 Sarah was just over halfway through her second pregnancy when she called her midwife with a suspected water infection. She was sent to her local hospital and given antibiotics and as a precaution, a nurse examined her and to both of their surprise discovered that Sarah was in labour.

Sarah and her husband, Steve, were rushed to the delivery suite but with no beds available, Sarah boarded an ambulance and began the journey to Birmingham Women's Hospital. However, on the way, Sarah began bleeding and the paramedics diverted to another hospital, where Monty was born.

Sarah and Steve had been prepared that Monty may not survive or that if he did, being so early could result in him being blind, deaf, suffer other issues with his development and may not make any sound on his arrival... but as Monty entered the world, Sarah heard a little cry.